Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-28

Rev. Walker Will preach at the school
house the first Sunday in May.
VIM. Albert Towny has been doing the
carpenter work on Hull hotel.
The strike at the forestry was described
In the last issue of the World.
81. Hull was limping around from the
effects of rheumatism last week.
Horse shoe and croquet are the chief
games of the youngsters of Ogallah.
Many gooseberries were destroyed last
week, owing to the heavy hail storm
Rev. Walker breaches at Ogallah June
5; all invited to attend Sabbath school.
The reports are that Ogallah will have
photograph gallery in about three
months.
Mr. Cludas, the old gentleman, was up
last week, and took his cattle back to Nc
Pherson.
&C. Yetter has listed the ground on
the Hoar school land, north of Ogallah, on
the creek.
John Degroot has quit boarding, and
commenced patching again at his place,
Just south of town.
Mr.. Hull now has his entire house up
to its required height. 1t begins to look
considerably like house.
Our blacksmith was SO busy last week
that some parties were delayed from two
to eight hours waiting for their work.
Dorsey Fulton, the constable Of Ogal-
lab township, walked to subpoena wit
nesses in the suit of HousemaD and Click.
The trains, both passenger and freight,
of late, have been very long, and goodly
number of them have required two
engines.
II. N. Rogers preached last Sabbath at
can be found in the ID chapter and the
Is verse of LIST Corinthians.
On Friday, May 20, it hailed so
heavily that it badly damaged the
gardens, and the early vegetables are al
most driven into the ground.
Capt. Joseph Runyon thinks he will
have fair crop of peaches. Mr.. Runyon
has worked hard with his trees, and is
deserving of crop if any one is.
Mr.. Knapp says we have had much
more rain here, of late, than they have
had in Kansas City. So Ogallah is ahead
of the city in one respect, at least.
Mr.. Gaut, new settler, has purchased
a piece of school land north of Ogallah
about three miles, Mr.. Gaut has pitched
his tent to live in until he can build him
a house.
Eli McCollum was the first to turn the
road, and then Michael Richards followed
suit. Neither of the gentlemen can be
blamed, but it makes the road to town
much longer.
In the trail spoken of in last weeks
items, owing to the jury of the first hear
ing disagreeing, the trial was called
again last saturday. The jury charged
Click $56.25 and costs.
We are very glad to see the Benson
Bros. store filling up once more; it looks
little more like business. The boys are
both good natured fellows, and we would
like to see them prosper.
Mr.. III. P. Nielsen, of Big Creek, has
purchased a town lot In Ogallah. He
purchased his lot of J. S. Smith. Mr..
Smith tells us that Mr. Nielsen intends
to build house thereon.
Seeing the buffalo grass in bloom, we
top of the ground, and, gentle reader. if
you will do so, you will find heavy crop
of seed there, as we did.
Joseph Marquand and Emerson Phelp
are at work at the forestry. The boys do
days work there, and go home of an
evening, distance Of about four miles.
A few of the boys met Saturday eve
ming to play ball, but the number was so
small that they did not try to organize,
and it would be better, boys, to let the
matter out if that is the best we can do.
Mr.. Willis Knapp was in Kansas City
last week. Mr.. Knapp says he is going
TO place stock of groceries, boots and
shoes, in his store in addition to his al
ready full stock of dry goods and hard
ware. and also talks of starting a grain
store ALI these are what booms town.
We have been informed that Mr..
Beachamp is going to take leave of this
Mace for a while. His intentions are to
travel around and see some of the country
before he returns Mr.. Beachamp, we
wish you pleasant trip and quick
return.
Some movers camped in the draw south
az town the latter part Of last week. Wei
understand they are trying to rent farm,
md would like to stay here if they sue
0eed in renting. They cannot see any
ned of going farther when they can stop
~ such place as this. All We can say
- Welcome, stranger, one and all.
a travelling horseman was stopping In
|nnr town the most of last week. He
- waiting for his horses to catch up
= ~ him. They had been delayed at
11lbrook for some cause. The gentle
- asys be mas hene seven years ago.